Estes Park

The Stanley Hotel has been a cultural landmark in Estes Park for over a century. The hotel was sold in May to an unusual team of investors and a state cultural office. We hear about how this partnership came together, and what the future holds for this piece of Colorado history.

The Taffy Shop was recently voted the Best Candy Store in the country by USA Today – which might surprise some, considering the Estes Park shop has been making just one kind of candy for 89 years. Today on In The NoCo, we talk with owner Mark Igel to learn why tradition is such an essential part of their success.

Multiple construction projects in tourism-dependent Estes Park’s core retail area have prompted the town government to offer financial aid to impacted businesses and its Public Works Department to delay some work until this fall.

Road construction in Estes Park is underway on a project that has been ten years in the making. 'The loop,' as it's called, aims to get tourists through town and into Rocky Mountain National Park quicker.

Frozen Dead Guy Days got started as a small community event more than 20 years ago. It came about because of an improbable series of events that brought the cryogenically frozen body of a dead Norwegian man—the locals call him ”Grandpa”—to Nederland.

Frozen Dead Guy Days is moving to Estes Park this spring. The festival, which started in 2002, had become an iconic event for the small town of Nederland, Colorado.

Updated 11/18/2021 - New details have emerged about Tuesday night's fatal plane crash. Veteran pilot Marc Thor Olson was flying the single-engine aircraft responding to the Kruger Rock Fire, when the air tanker went down in turbulent wind conditions. As part of its investigation into the crash, the Larimer County Sherriff's Office is asking the public for any photos or videos taken of the aircraft while it was conducting aerial operations on the fire.

As pandemic restrictions ease and tourists flock to Estes Park, hotels and other businesses are finding it increasingly difficult to fill their ranks.

For the second year in a row, Rocky Mountain National Park will begin limiting visitor access this week in a bid to control growing summer crowds that are damaging the park’s landscape.

The vaccine still isn't available to the general public, but Colorado expects to receive its first order of doses this month.